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== Cannon vs. Fanon == | == Cannon vs. Fanon == | ||
Fanon, on the other hand is a beast of a different color. Fanon is what the fan community, or maybe even a single fan, believes to be part of the universe...without supporting it officially-recognized evidence. This can cause major debates among the fans, some of them supporting it as a theory to fill in gaps in the cannon, while others refuse to acknowledge it at all. | Fanon, on the other hand is a beast of a different color. Fanon is what the fan community, or maybe even a single fan, believes to be part of the universe...without supporting it officially-recognized evidence<ref>http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Fanon</ref>. This can cause major debates among the fans, some of them supporting it as a theory to fill in gaps in the cannon, while others refuse to acknowledge it at all. | ||
These theories sometimes go as far as to be in complete conflict with the canon. This creates a dis-continuity, where the fan community refuses to except something the people in charge of the franchise has said is cannon. | These theories sometimes go as far as to be in complete conflict with the canon. This creates a dis-continuity, where the fan community refuses to except something the people in charge of the franchise has said is cannon. | ||
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If a statement in the wiki is not cannon material, but is supported by evidence (and it's got to be '''good''' evidence), then it is acceptable. If it is not, then please place {{tl|FanonCitationNeeded}} on the statement. | If a statement in the wiki is not cannon material, but is supported by evidence (and it's got to be '''good''' evidence), then it is acceptable. If it is not, then please place {{tl|FanonCitationNeeded}} on the statement. | ||
== Refrences == | == Refrences == | ||
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